Dumping-barrow.



DUMPING BARROW. APPLIGATION'HLED 1ov.1o, 1909.

PatentedlMay 24, 1910.

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L. M. SOHOONMAKER.

DUMPNG BARROW.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. 1o, 1909.

959,265. Patented May 24, 1910.

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LEON M. SCHOONMAKER, OF LOING?` ISLAND CITY, NEW YORK.

DUMPING-BARROW.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led November 10, 1909.

Patented May 24, 1910.

Serial No. 527,254.

' be so controlled by the operator as to permit said section or sectionsto move to a position to form a discharge chute, whereby to provide forthe convenient unloading of the wheelbarrow.

The main object of the present invention is the provision of awheelbarrow in which one or more sections of the body are hingedlymounted with relation to the body and normally locked in position tocomplete the body for loading purposes, lockingmeans being withinconvenient control of the operator to release the section and permit itto move to a position to form a discharge chute for the contents ofthebody.

The invention will first be described in the following specification,reference being had particularly to the accompanying drawings, in whichr Figure 1 is a view in elevation showing the improved wheelbarrowarranged for end dumping. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan of the same. Fig. 3 isa bottom plan of the barrow constructed for side dumping. Fig. 4 is anend elevation of the same, the forward wheel omitted.

Referring particularly to Figs. 1 and 2 of the accompanying drawings,the improved wheelbarrow comprises a body 1 including a bottom 2, sidewalls 3 and a rear end wall 4, the body being preferably constructed ofsheet metal in any usual or preferred manner.

The dumping or chute section 5 is mounted at the forward end of thebody, comprising a wall 6 and side plates 7 projecting rearwardly fromthe opposing end edges of the wall. The wall 6 of the dumping section isof a size to form the forward wall of the body, and of such length thatwhen the dumping section is in position the side plates 7 thereof willbear against the outer surfaces of the side walls 3 of the body. Thedumping section is pivotally connected to the body through the medium ofpins 8 passing through the side plates adjacent the lower forward edgesthereof, and mount-ed in the side walls 3 of the body. Each side plate,at the rear end of its lower edge, is formed with a depending ear 9designed, when the dumping section is in closed position, to projectbelow the bottom of the body. The forward edge of each ear is inclinedupwardly and forwardly, as at 10, and recessed above the inclinedportion to form a locking notch 11.

The body is supported upon a frame,

which as illustrated includes a bar centrallyu formed to provide a loopend 12 and projected rearwardly and on divergent lines from the rear endof the loop to provide body engaging sections 13, and projected upwardlyand rearwardly from the end of the body engaging sections to formhandles 14. The loop end of the fra-me is inclined downwardly from thebody engaging portions and provided-with bearing blocks 15 to receivethe wheel 16. The body engaging portions 13 of the frame are secured tothe bottom of the body in any appropriate manner,

but preferably do not extend the full length of the body, terminatingrearwardly from the forward end thereof.

Secured on the lower surface of the bottom of the body is a guide block17, in the side walls of which are formed slots (not shown) to permitthe passage therethrough of a resilient locking bar 18. The bar eX-tends through slots 19 the respective sections 13 of the frame, and theends thereof project beyond the side walls of the body. The parts justdescribed are in such position that the ends of the bar 18 will engagein the notches 11 when the dumping section is in closed position.

Secured to the locking bar 18 within the guide block is a connector 20to which is secured a flexible connection, as a cord, 21 which extendsfrom the locking bar through a guide 22 on the frame, and is terminallysecured to one end of an angle lever 23 pivotally secured to one of thehandle bars. By operation of the lever the locking bar may be drawnrearwardly at its central point with the effect of moving the outer endsin the forward direction to release the dumping section.

The frame is preferably provided with supporting legs 24, of the usualtype, and

the forward upper edges of the side walls 3 Y of the body may beconnected by a tie rod 25 to strengthen the structure at this point ifdesired.

In Figs. 3 and 4L I have shown the 1m- `proved wheelbarrow with thedumping sections arranged at the sides instead of at the ends. In thisconstruction the frame is identical with that previously described,while the body includes a bottom 26 and front and rear end walls 27 and2S. A dumping section is provided for each side of the body, saidsections being identical and each including al wall 29 of a size andshape to form a side wall of the body when the dumping sections are inclosed position. Front plates 30 project laterally from the end edges ofthe walls 29 of the dumping sections, these plates being arranged tobear against the forward end wall of the body. The plate 30 of eachsection is provided with a depending ear 31 having its outer edgeupwardly and outwardly inclined at 32 and formed above said inclinedportion with a locking notch 33.

Secured upon the bottom of the body is a spring locking rod 34 for eachsect-ion, the rear end of the rod being secured to the body, as at 37,and the forward end thereof free and normally arranged under the tensionof the rod to rest in the notch of the locking section. Each rod in rearof its forward end bears Vagainst a stop 38 to cause bending of the rodin operation. The locking rods are arranged in parallel relation andpass through guides on the bottom of the body. Each rod between theguides is provided with a connector 35 to which is secured a cable 36and said cables extend to angle levers 37, mounted on the handles,whereby either rod may be operated at will to release the sections.

The operation of the improved wheelbar* row will be readily apparentfrom the above description taken in connection with the drawings, itbeing understood that the operator, on reaching the desired point mayrelease the particular dumping section so that the same will form adischarge chute through which the contents of the body may be quicklyand conveniently delivered.

The various parts described may, aside from the particular detailsnoted, be constructed in any desired manner or size and of anyparticular material.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is A wheelbarrow including a body, a section movably connected to the body, andincluding one of the body Talls, a locking ear depending from thesection, a spring locking rod carried by the body, and normally tensonedto terminally engage the ear and lock the section in body-completingposition, and manually operable means whereby the rod may be operated toforce the ear engaging end from locking engagement with said car andthereby free the section.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LEON M. SCHOONMAKER.

Vitnesses CLIFFORD H. KLoS, ROBERT D. EGGLEsToN.

